Mocha AmarettoGeorge Bateman & Son / Batemans Brewery

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330 ml bottle with a BB date 13 months from now.
Consumed in Largoward, Fife.
Very dark red-brown body with a moderate size but very durable head that leaves sticky lacing on the glass.
The aroma suggests too much amaretto, and the taste bears this out. In fact, the aftertaste. is largely just amaretto.

Pretty sure that this beer is different from the Mocha beer already on BA - it has a different label and the almond odour is very strong, don't think that is a feature of Mocha.

Anyway, served cool from 330ml bottle bought from Morrisons supermarket into my trusty Cheers American pint glass (not everything is bigger and better in America!)

A) Dark ruby clear brown. Thin film on top. Not amazing.

S) Wow. Marzipan. No beer. Hmm good job I like marzipan.

T) Well balanced, at first you get marzipan and amoretto biscuit, but it is quickly followed by an actual beer flavour, a fairly flat malty fruity strong English bitter. The combination works and I like it. The acidity of the carbonation is the balance to the sweet flavouring, as opposed to the use of hops. Further balance is given by a warm alcohol undercurrent.

M) Light and nice subtle carbonation. A long aftertaste, but not unpleasant.

O) I have had 3 Batemans 'flavoured' beers tonight - this ranks in the middle between Orange Barley (worst) and Hazelnut Brownie (best). If you like flavoured beers and stouts, you will like this one. If you like clean, pure beer flavour, this is your worst nightmare come true!